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  Airplanes - Normandy 1944

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P-38-J-10-LO "Gator Bait" #42-67899 du 79th Fighter Squadron - 20th Fighter Group. Pilot : James D. "Brad" Bradshaw.

LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING
Type : Single-seat long-range escort fighter

Powerplant : Two 1,425 hp Allison V-1710-89 (91) liquid cooled engines.

Characteristics :
Wingspan: 52 ft
Length: 37 ft 10 in
Height: 9 ft 10 in
Empty weight: 12,780 lb
Maximum weight: 17,500 lb

Performance :
Maximum speed: 414 mph
Service ceiling: 44,000 ft
Range: 1,750 miles (with tanks)

Armament : One 20-mm cannon and four .50-in machine-guns, plus up to 3,200 lb of bombs